Tiny and bright. Too cute for words.
Miniature version of the Pin-Striped Fingerless Mitts
For Little Nora (who will soon be two!)
I knit these little things pretty darned tight on the very skinny #0 needles… so there’s some ‘laddering’ going down the middle of the mitts. I love the affect of the variegated yarn too.
. . . I brought my knitting. You’re not surprised are you? Well, this was raising the bar a bit on what I can do knitting-while-walking ~ I’ll be the first to admit ~ and I was pretty much only watching where I was walking every other row. (do not try this !) What we have here is a variation on the pin-stripey theme for still another pin-striped mitt . . .
Hey look, its my latest and greatest accomplishment !
Okay , so you have seen me make a zillion of these since before Christmas, and I just couldn’t tire of them, then Lizzi convinced me to write this pattern. You must have noticed the commotion over there in the sidebar with my “Thought For The Day” screaming jubilantly about having written my first knitting pattern ever , and the new advertising of a free download !!!! Well, the odd thing is now I really don’t see as why I should stop. This is a strange and new concept. I was totally blown away that before I even sent the pattern draft of a pdf to Morrie, she had already cast on to test-knit it. We chatted through the afternoon on gmail, as she test-knit away and as I knit up the above pair, while discussing the wording, the nature of ‘ jogless-ness ‘ , helix effect, and other such puzzles of the universe. Then the very next morning early with light just peeking through the sky window of my loft, I photographed these against the newly painted wall, and then I hurriedly slapped it up on Ravelry. In one day friends, the little “Pin-Striped Mitts” got over forty ‘favorite’ hearts on my Ravelry activity , many queued, one project even finished (I see you Morrie!) … and a whole lot of ’em dowloaded ! And boy did that really make my heart melt into a big puddle ! Excuse me folks for being so giddy, it just that for now, it’s all just a really big deal !!!
Free Pattern on Ravelry over HERE
Finished.
Another two pairs of pin-striped fingerless mits !
Aren’t they lovely ?
These are for Molly & Maya, belated xmas presents.
For some reason, I can’t capture the colors very well with the camera .
These are a medium greyish slate blue with marine blue stripes . . .
And these are a deep plum with royal purple stripes . . .
I think that five pairs of pin-striped fingerless mits are enough for me for a time, but since I knit them all almost entirely while walking the mountain, I’m not sure if I might not cast on for another pair . I mean, I fear I might trip without something to knit !
🙂
But for now I’m going down off the mountain into town to ship these mits in the mail, and then feel my feathers fluff up with a sense of satisfaction of a job done ! I find it difficult to believe that all the Christmas knitting is behind me now. I went for my walk this morning , and, nothing to knit while walking along ! It was surreal.
There’s somebody out there who knows these are made just for her, and who knows if she walks up through the woods soon, along with a steaming hot cup of bittersweet & spicey chocolate (with whip), these fingerless mits ~ in two shades of grey ~ will be waiting for her. 🙂
Here is another pair of fingerless mits knit up for Christmas !
The misty color combo is lavender and grey, a soft wintery colorway for one who has been very good and hoping for her first and very own iphone from Santa in a week, and from whom I’ll anticipate a lot of action on the Twittery front.
Look here, can you even see where the pin-stripes join?
A little tug at the switching of colors is all it took, and there it is… jogless !
I am dizzy from pin-stripes !!! Will there be no stopping me? Will I be pin-striping at Christmas eve into the wee hours of the night? Will I bridge Christmas with the New Year doing nothing but more, more, more pin-striped fingerless mits , rationalizing still another recipient who might need a pair? There’s no way to really know, but to watch this space as they say.
Details on Ravelry here
One pair of fingerless mits for Christmas !
I’ve been working on these, sans pattern, for about four days, while walking , standing at the stove, just ‘ about the house ‘ sort of knitting …. nothing too committed. I think I could easily knit one in a morning if I worked at it non-stop. Anyway, I’m smitten with pin-stripes !!! So easy to be ‘jogless’ too, just give the yarn a little tug when you come to switching colors, and then the single-row stripe ends stay all in line … it’s amazing… and so satisfying to have two color affects with no woven ends . I can see I’ll be knitting pin-stripes until I”m dizzy . One pair done, now to cast on for another !
Details on Ravelry here
( Autumn Sweaters 2011 in same location click here )
My nieces in their new Autumn Sweaters. We photographed in the same colorful Calistoga nooks we seek out each time we do the Equinox Sweaters. In front of Calistoga Coffee Roastery, in front of the mint-green building on the corner of Lincoln and Washington streets, against the terra-cotta painted wall outside Brannon’s restaurant, and the best, the most amazing painted mural in the alley across Lincoln from the coffee roastery ! These places just never get old, and they will be the back drop every time we photograph the Equinox Sweaters.
” Happiness is a new sweater knit especially for me ! “
Sweater success !
Luckily they fit, and luckily the yarn which I over-dyed became colors they both approved of ! Oh, and can you believe we were having a major heat wave of the Indian Summer? I wanted to get the pictures taken before it got too hot, and the unrelenting sun was bleaching bright, and nipping at our heels the whole way. . .
Autumn Sweaters 2012
(( Compare with two years ago ~ click for Autumn Sweaters 2010 ))
And now, for a slideshow of the fun sweater frolick we had in Calistoga . . .
You may see all posts on the progress of the Autumn 2012 sweaters by clicking here
Knitting details about sweaters are posted over on Ravelry here.
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